Koya looked at the duel as the winner was decided at turn 6. "Amazing." Koya said under his breath as Yumiko looked toward him. "Uncle Koya?" Yumi said curious as to what was going through his head. "Yumiko stay here and keep an eye on the guy who one don't let him out of your sight!" Koya said as he ran back to his car. Yumiko smiled "I know exactly what's going on here." she thought to herself as she walked up to the two duelists who competed in the finals "Hi there! That was an amazing duel!" Yumiko said as she smiled "My names Yumiko Tsukikazi!" she added as she held out her hand.
Moros just turned around from shaking Alexanders hand to be meet with a girl waiting to shake his hand. "Sup, yeah that was a great duel, my opponent was very skilled, I barely won." Upon hearing her name he diceded it best that he introduce himself as well, "The names Moros." He finished shaking her hand left saying, "Well I'm off to get my card." He went up to the counter and got a card that was in a sleeve that blocked the view of it from both sides. Moros thanked the store owner than eagerly snuck a peek at it, then slipped it into his pocket.
"Nice to meet you Moros!" Yumiko said as he went to get the card prize. "So? What kind of things do you like finding in duels?" Yumiko asked "Like what does your heart search for?" She added as she tilted her head in curiosity.
"What does my heart search for? Uh, I don't know having a fun time I guess. That's all that dueling is supposed to be for right?" Moros asked somewhat puzzled by the question, "Are you a duelist as well?" he asked wondering why she was asking these questions.
"I see" she said in response to his answer "I look for the smiles of the crowd! As I use magic to bring the greatest show ever!" She said "...or at least my uncle does." She added "Are you a duelist as well?" Moros asked as Yumiko perked up a bit "Kinda I'm still learning, I'm not as good as my uncle yet. My uncles the second best when it comes duel entertainment!" she said excitedly.
"Duel entertainment? How exactly does one go about that, don't you just, you know duel?" Moros asked puzzled by the idea. Sure Duels were entertaining but he wasn't sure how you could make one more so. Maybe if you planned it out before hand what cards you were going to use but that was basically cheating. He furrowed his brow thinking through the concept, maybe if you purposefully let your LP get low but that sounded silly, risking losing just to give the people watching more entertainment.
"You mean you've never heard of Yuya Sakaki, son of Yusho Sakaki?" She said "Yusho Sakaki was a Duel Entertainer or Dueltainer for short and his son was the one who discovered Pendulum Summoning!" she added "My uncle wants to work hard to become a Dueltainer and to be honest he wanted to duel the winner of the tournament if he found them 'entertaining' to the audience and himself. Luckily you fit that description." she said with enthusiasm
Moros tilted his head quizzicaly, "Nope can't say I have. I've heard of Pendulum Summoning but I've never seen it done before. Though I suppose I should be glad I'm considered entertaining if the compliment comes from an entertainer. So your uncle wants to duel me does he? Well I don't see him so..." Moros let the question trail off as he looked around for someone who fit the profile of Dueltainer.
"Anytime now Uncle Koya!" Yumiko thought to herself as all the lights in the card shop turned off. "Right on cue." Yumiko said. "Ladie and Gentleman!!!" Said a loud voice "Duelists of all ages!! get ready for the grand...MAGIC SHOWTIME!!" The voice said as a spot light magically shown down on Koya who was hanging upside down from the lights. "My name is Yoshikazu Koyanagi and I will be your Dueltainer for the day!" he said as he jumped down from the lights onto the ground and walked up to Moros "I see you've already met my niece! My name is Yoshikazu Koyanagi, but Koya will do just fine." He said
"Impressive entrance." Moros said, getting the lights and everything certainly spoke of his capability as an entertainer. "I take it you're the uncle?" he asked.
"Correct I am the uncle of this one here." He said as he placed his hand on Yumiko's head. So let's get this started shall we?" He said as he pulled a watch-like device from his pocket on it was the sun, he pressed a button on the side as the side of it sprung out. "On one end the sun and on the other the cresent moon." He said as he got in the respective spot and drew 5 cards from his deck.
Turn 1: Koya
Koya LP 4000: Cards 5 Moros LP 4000: Cards 5
"I'll go first" he said as he drew a card from his deck. "hmm let's see now. I'll start by playing one card face down and then I'll summon Magic Showtime: BlazFox & Frofox in attack mode!" He said as the card rose up and 2 foxes one light blue and one orange-red came out from the card. "With that I end my turn."
Moros drew his card and pondered his moves, as usually he'd stick to a defensive start, though his opponents monster wasn't very impressive. "I'll set one monster and one additional card, then end my turn." He wondered just how this "entertainer" was going to play, no doubt it would be interesting one way or another
"My turn again huh? Draw" he said as he drew his next card "I'll set anothercard face down and then I'll summon Magic Showtime: Ring Lady in attack mode. when Ring Lady is Normal Summoned I can Special Summon one level 4 monster in face up attack position from my hand. Come on out Magic Showtime: Serenioty Mermaid
"Battle Phase! Serenity Mermaid attack his face down monster!"
A brief image of a massive turtle wearing a pyramid on its back appeared before shattering and going to the graveyard, "Since you destroyed Pyramid Turtle by battle his effect activates allowing me to Special Summon 1 Zombie monster from my Deck with less than 2000 DEF, and I'll choose Mezuki!" A ferocious axe wielding minotaur creature appeared on the field with 1700 ATK.
"I'll switch the foxes and Ring Lady to defense mode. With that I'm gonna end my turn!" he said "Scene transition!" he added
While Yosh was filling the field with monsters none of them were very strong at all. Most duelists favored few and strong rather than many and weak with good reason. Well no doubt Yosh had something up his sleeve like any good entertainer did. "I'll set one more card than tribute Mezuki in order to summon Il Blud." The minotaur disappered to be replaced with a monsterous zombie wearing a prison like outfit and had a face peeking out of the zipper in the middle of its chest. It also displayed an attack of 2100. "Now I'll enter the battle phase, Il Blud attack his mermaid!" The zombie let out a guttural howl and charged forward swinging its leg to cause the massive ball and chain attached to its foot to come hurtling at the magical mermaid.
Koya 4000 -> 3500
"I activate the trap card "The Show Must go on!" when a Magic Showtime monster is destroyed by battle I can Special Summon one Magic Showtime monster from my deck to the field and I choose Showtime Magician of Light!.
"Well I think I'll set one more card and end my turn." Moros said still wondering when his opponent would pull out something more powerful.
"My turn! Draw!" He drew the card as he smirked and started to laugh. "Ladies and Gentleman! The show is almost ready to begin!" I start by activating the spell card The Circus is in Town! With this I can add the Magic Showtime Stage Field Spell to my hand from my deck! Then of course I activate the field spell!" He says he inserts the card into the little slot on the side of his duel disk as the whole area became the inside of a circus tent the two duelists on the stage. Now all Magic Showtime monsters gain 800 attack and 500 defense as long as this card is active. Next I summon Showtime Magician of Darkness in attack mode." A magician in white street looking clothes with a black aura around him appeared in front of the card.
"Now to bring in the main attraction! I open the Overlay Network and choose my Magician of Light and my Magician of Darkness to be overlayed! Magic of light and dark! Laughter and cries of the audience! join together to make the grand event! XYZ Summon! XYZ Showtime Magician! A swarm of light and dark energy circled as a man with red hair appeared and weilded the aura's in each hand
"When XYZ Showtime Magician is summoned he can send one of my opponents monster's monsters to the graveyard, and I'll choose Il Blud. A twilight portal opened underneath the zombie creature sending it to the graveyard. "Next I activate the equip spell card... "Yay!" called Yumiko from the audience. "Very good audience and when this card is equipped to a Magic Showtime monster that monster gained 1000 attack! and I equip it to none other then...XYZ Showtime Magician, raising his ATK to 4300!" Koya jumps next to Showtime Magician "Battle Phase!" He said as Showtime Magician got into a stance "XYZ Showtime Magician attack Moros directly with..."
"The show may go on but not quite yet, I activate the trap card, Threating Roar, no attacks can be declared this turn, so you'll have to wait a bit before finishing your act." Moros said confidently, though getting a monster out with that much attack was certainly impressive, his deck specialized in big numbers.
"Very well you're just avoiding your final stage, I'll set one card facedown and I end my turn."
Moros grinned, just the way he liked it, a big monster on the field with no tricky spell and trap cards, that meant he didn't have to waste time protecting his monster. "Alright if you though that was a show, then i'll give you a finale, first off I Normal Summon Wightprince in defense mode." A small skeleton wearing a crown and walking a equally small skeletal dog appeared cowering, "But thats just the start, now I'll activate my other facedown card, Chain Destruction. When a monster with 2000 or less ATK is summoned to the field I can send all copies of that card from the owners deck or hand to the graveyard." Moros grabbed two cards from his deck and put them in the grave.
"The shows still only begun, now both of those Wightprince's have their effects activate sending 1 Lady in Wight and 1 Skull Servant to the grave with them." Moros put four more cards in the grave. "Almost there, now I activate the spell card Dark Hole destroying all monsters on the field!" The center of the dueling area turned into a vaccum sucking in all the monsters on the field sending them to the graveyard.
I activate the trap card "Bring Back the Act!" When an XYZ Magic Showtime monster is destroyed by battle or card effect he is special summoned back from the graveyard and it can't be destroyed by battle this turn. So welcome back to the stage XYZ Showtime Magician!"
"Now Wightprince has his effect activate yet again sending Lady in Wight and Skull Servant to the grave." Moros ejected yet another two cards from his deck to the graveyard. Now that the field is all clear I'll activate the spell card "Call of The Mummy", if I control no monsters I can Special Summon 1 Zombie monster form my hand, and I choose the one and only King of Skull Servants." A purple robed skeleton appeared standing on a pile of skeletons. Nine skeletons in fact equaling his attack at a ratio of 1000 to 1. "Nothing can stand against a nearly full powered King for long, but it looks like you managed to stall out another turn. I'll set once card facedown and end my turn."
"My turn, draw! I activate the quick play spell, Now you see it! I can choose one face down card on the field and destroy it and I choose your facedown card!" Next I play the spell Lightning Vortex! I discard one card from my hand and destroy all your monsters or in this case your King!"
Moros frowned as his only two cards on the field were both destroyed in rapid succesion, well that's no good he thought to himself, Thats almost a direct path to my LP
"I activate a second "Yay!" card and equip it to Showtime Magician making it basck to 4300 attack! Battle Phase! XYZ Showtime Magician attack with Twilight Aurora Blast!
"I'm afriad not." Moros called across the battle field, "I've still got one card left, the only one I need, I activate the effect of Battle Fader. When my opponent makes a direct attack I can Special Summon him to the field and instantly end the Battle Phase." A strange dark creature appeared on the field and the incoming attack dissipate harmlessly.
"Very well, then I use the Dark XYZ Material on Showtime Magician to inflict 1000 points of damage to your life points! I set one card face down and with that I end my turn!"
Moros remained impassive as the dark bolt slammed into him bringing his LP down to 3000, Painful but nowhere near strong enough. He drew a card and resisted the urge to give a sigh of relief. "Looks like its time for the finale, I'll activate the spell card, "Book of Life", this card allows me to banish one monster from your graveyard and Special Summon one from mine. I'll banish your mermaid and Special Summon back the unstoppable King of Skull Servants with 9000 ATK. King, destroy his magician with Revenge Blast!"
"I activate the trap card Encore! If a Magic Showtime monster is selected as a battle target I can negate the attack and end the battle phase for you!"
"Hmph you're just avoiding the final stage, your move." Moros said confident of his King's power.
"My turn!" Koya placed his hand on the deck and closed his eyes "This draw decides the duel and I pray to the cards that it is a miracle." Koyua looked over to Yumiko as his eyes widen to see his older sister Fumiko next to her. I don't need to pray! I need to believe for Fumiko and Yumiko... for my future as a Dueltainer!" Koya looks back at Moros with a determined look "Let's go! Draw!" He yells as a gust of wind comes from him as he draws the card. He smirks "Moros you are truely entertaining! This has been a spectacular duel! the crowds eyes are glued to us as we duel! Sadly though it must end, this is not my final stage... it's yours!" He said as he plays the card he drew down "I activate the spell card "Begone None Believers! when this card is activated if I have a Magic Showtime monster on my field I can choose 2 monsters on my opponents field and destroy them!"
Moros let out a dramatic sigh, "Well none can stand in the way of the heart of the cards. Except of course, those with no heart. I activate Wightprince's effect from the grave banishing him, 1 lady in wight and 1 skull servant to Special Summon King of Skull Servants from the deck." As the field was destroyed his King rose from the scattered bones yet again, albiet somewhat diminshed standing at only 6000 compared to his previous 9000.
"So close, I set Showtime Magician to defense mode and end my turn"
Moros grinned his heart beating from the adreline, dueltainer indeed, this was quite the battle. Both of their LPs resting on the edge of a knife, a single ungaurded attack ending it. This was what dueling was supposed to be like. He looked at the card in his hand, it was unfortunatly useless in this scenario. "King, I'd say its time for his magician to take a bow, Revenge Blast!" The skeleton nodded and once again the powerful orb of destruction removed the magician from the field. "That makes it your move."
"Alright Now for your long awaited finale, Draw! Since XYZ Showtime Magician was destroyed and sent to the graveyard I can special summon one monster from my deck!" He said as a card in the middle of the deck started to glow green as it popped out of the deck. Koya drew the card as an even stronger gust of wind emerged from his side of the stage. "I call to thee, oh spirit of the winds! Let your mighty roar spread excitement through the audience! I special summon the level 8 Magic Showtime: Dragonair Spirit!" He said as a green dragon like spirit emerged from the card as it circled above Koya and a girl with green hair and a green outfit appeared, sitting on the dragon's back.
"I activate Dragonair Spirit's effect! For each Magic Showtime monster in my graveyard it gains 1000 attack and I have a total of 6 Magic Showtime monsters in my graveyard making it have 9000 attack! Now battle phase! Dragonair Spirit attack his king with Dragonair Showtime! When Dragonair Spirit attacks my opponent cannot activate any spell, trap, or monster effects!" The green haired girl moves her hands around her head as the dragon spirit follows them, the green haired girl points her hands towards the king as the dragon lunges at the king destroying him and reducing Moros's life points to 0. "Curtain call! King: Exit Stage Left"
Moros flinched as the the force of the dragon's attack blasted past his King slammed forcibly into him causing him to skid back several feet and he was forced to watch his LP counter drop to 0. Oh what a turn. The brutally powerful King of Skull Servants infamous for his unstoppable attack, out attacked by a girl and her dragon. Perhaps monsters were strongest when they stood next to each other rather than on top of each other. Moros's duel disk powered down retracting into its travel form and it began the process of automatically shuffling his deck. He strode across the dueling area and stuck out his hand for Koya to shake, his heart still beating from the frantic duel. "So that's the job of a dueltainer, I must say that was quite impressive. Thank you for the duel."
Koya's duel disk returned to travel mode as Yumiko ran up and jumped to hug him "That was so cool Uncle Koya! You're the coolest Dueltainer ever!" She exclaimed as Koya smiled "Thank's Yumiko" he said as Moros approached him "Thank you for the duel." he said "Thank you Moros for an amazing duel it was definetly one of my most favorite ones yet." Koya replied as Fumiko apprached him "Didn't expect to see you here sis!" he said "Yeah I got off work a bit early, Yumi texted me and said you were dueling, my boss saw the text and let me off early to come watch. Made it just in time if I say so myself." Fumiko said as she nudged Koya's shoulder with her fist. Yumiko walked up to Moros and smiled "Do you see now why I asked that question?" she asked.
Moros replied with a grin, "Yes, I see now, using magic to bring the greatest show ever hmm? Well you certainly weren't wrong there."
"Now let me ask you again! What kind of things do you like finding in duels? What does your heart search for?" Yumiko asked
"Heh my anwer hasn't changed one bit, all I'm looking for is a fun time." Moros replied cheerily.
After his duel Akira walked around the shop enjoying the remaining duels and the chaos that had begun ensuing. "Man this place really got lively didn't it." Toshiro said standing next to him. "Yeah but that's normal for card shops to have peak hours where things get busy especially during the tournaments." Akira replied back
Keio stood around to watch the remaining duels examining and learning about new cards. He saw that duel entertainer mop the floor with Moros who beat his deck. Keio thought to himself that the academy is getting interesting today. Then it still wondered him who this guy Xavier was and where he came from because he clearly had no idea. "Hey Xavier I'm going to head back soon. If you need a place to stay you are free to crash in my dorm. I room alone and there's an empty bed." Keio told the fellow duelist.
"Sure, why not!" I responded to Keio, following him to the Academy he stayed at. The whole walk i was wondering who I really was and where I came from. I guess I have to wait and see, I thought.
Moros stretched and walked of the shop satisfied with how the day had gone. He had a lot of fun, though that many duels in a row took it of of him. He yawned and got and his bike and began pedaling back to his dorm lazily. A good day indeed.
After leaving Keio showed Xavier the way to his dorm room. He left the spare key. "Hey I'm going to go out for walk." Keio said as he gazed on the setting sun.
